You mentioned IT failures that the cloud is going to "fix" (somehow).
Would you be able to detail examples of the IT failures you refer to, to allow us readers to make informed decisions about what you are saying.
Just saying "there are IT failures the cloud will fix" is a very poor and weak argument.
So please, how about some example of the IT failures you are referring to in your piece.
Because I cannot think of any significant IT failures, or any that will be rectified by moving your IT requirements to an outside company.
Most IT failures I have seen are specific to custom applications for specific IT processors, you dont tend to see IT failures on generic systems, or common systems that many people use. (what you expect the cloud to be).
So would for example the cloud fix the problems with the baggage IT system at that major airport that failed ?
Or the FAA ATC system falling over?
Would you be happy flying if you knew that the IT for the Air traffic control system was operated by google on the cloud over the internet?
Would you be happy if your local bank announced that all their IT and therefore you banking details will now be held on some google server in another country ?
How about all the medical records of every US citizen ? would you be happy to know all you're medical details and history was sitting on a server run by google "somewhere" on the cloud?
I for one would certainly NOT want my personal data anywhere near another private company, where I have no control over staff, systems, reliability and priority.
If you are a tiny company and your cloud system fails, and you call google and tell them, but they say sure, we are working to resume services starting with our biggest customers and working down, "one day" we'll get to you. "later".
This is not the case if you have your own IT department, if you have a problem, it's their job to get it fixed, their no,1 proirity is YOU, their boss.
there is no way you will be no.1 priority if you are just one of thousands of clients with a failed service.
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Didnt computing start this way, one central computer and groups of "terminal servers" or user consoles. I did not work then, and as a result we have almost supercomputers at our fingertips. You want us to go back to the dark ages, so we can have all these fast processors spending their entire life running NOP's.
(burning power).
and again, until the internet is faster than you're local harddrive, this cloud wont fly.
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